Do you mean fresh as in uncooked? Then you could probably roast the garlic in the oven before mixing. Also, minced garlic IS fresh garlic, just chopped up.Garlic powder- I do not think it would give as strong and "garlic-y" a flavor.

That is so funny - I just made these with the same ingredients tonight for dinner...minus the parsley! Seriously...that is too funny! I was craving biscuits and decided to use some fat free cheddar cheese and garlic to spice it up a bit! :)

Thank you so much for finding a way to lighten up these delights! My family LOVES the full fat version but I've refused to make them since starting weight watchers because of how bad they are. Everyone will be happy to see these back on the menu this week thanks to you! :)

Silly question: I don't drink milk since it is too high on points (why drink your points when you can eat your points!?!?). But we do keep whole milk in the fridge for the kids. Can I substitute the fat free milk with whole milk and not mess up the consistancy?

By the way, I have loved EVERY single recipe of yours that I have tried! Thanks for doing what you do! :)

Does anyone have tips for freezing these? I am pregnant and trying to freeze some of my recipes for after the baby arrives, but I'm not sure if I should freeze the dough in one big lump, or split the dough into individual servings then freeze, or go ahead and bake them and freeze the completed biscuits. Suggestions?

Also, Marianne, I would divide them up and freeze on a cookie sheet before baking. When froozen put them in a sealed bag. Then you can bake them a few at a time, they will just take a few minutes longer.

I too LOVE these at Red Lobster and am so happy you posted this recipe. I just made them and they not only taiste delicious they look great as well. I made them with the potato soup and it was a GREAT, AMAZING, YUMMY dinner.

What's the difference between the Heart Smart and the regular Bisquick?

By the way, just wanted you to know that at my last WW meeting, we talked about ways to manage your environment and keep your kitchen healthy. During discussion, I stood up and gave everyone your website and raved about the recipes here!!

I made these tonight, and these were delicious. I didn't have the cheese so I just left it out. I made them as a side with your Filipino Adobo Chicken, which is my fam's favorite!!! Thanks for the great meals.

You did it again Gina! I just made these tonight for dinner. My family gave them rave reviews. My husband loved them so much he ate 4 (12+ points). I served them along side your Baked Potato Soup.The entire meal was awesome, and perfect on this cold California night. You make being on Weight Watchers a treat. I've told all the people at my meetings about your website.Thank you so much for your yummy recipes. Keep up the good work.Debbie Houston

Shut the front door! These were too good! OMG! So I halved the recipe - I ate one, the boyfriend ate 6. He literally pulled the plate to him and went to town. Had the nerve to ask "did you want some?" as if I hadn't made them. Thanks for a wonderful substitute for a Red Lobster favorite.

Hi! I have really been enjoying your blog, so I added you to my list of "foodie blog shoutouts" on my own blog! I have a great group of dedicated readers that really enjoy the recipes I post, but I can't possibly link all of the ones you have that make my mouth water. If you have a page of other blogs you enjoy, I'd love to be on it (if you enjoy my blog as well). Thanks again for the wonderful recipes!

i'm back with an update! i made them!! sooo good and easy, which is important because i can mess things up really fast. totally should have 1/2d the recipe because now i have a whole bunch of delicious biscuits all to myself.... mm.

I made these last night and added crumbled up reduced fat turkey bacon to the mixture. It added so much to the flavor--the smokyness of the bacon mixed with the tang of the cheddar--and consistency--the crunchy bacon breaking up the fluffyness. It was delicious!

Just made these last night...AMAZING!!! I had never tried the HeartSmart bisquick before and was worried it would taste "healthy"...tasted like any other biscuit! The garlic and cheddar made it so delicious! Will definately be making this over and over again.

I made these tonight and screwed something up! They were as flat as pancakes, can't sure what I did, I figure it's one of 3 things, I halved the recipe and added too much milk, since they were very watery, I over mixed despite your warnings, or I was lazy so I used minced garlic and the oil did it! They were still VERY yummy!!!

These are AMAZING! I used Cabot 75% reduced fat cheddar and they were delicious. Definitely recommend making a half recipe if you don't have help eating these or have a hard time with self control. It took a LOT for me to limit myself to two. This is a wonderful recipe for entertaining those who aren't calorie counting - they will never know and you can maintain your count! Thank you for another superb recipe, Gina!

These are the best! I recommend everyone I know to your site, dieting or not... Because of these biscuits. Divine! Love love love! Seriously though I make a larger biscuit so there's 7... And it makes it easier for me to only have one large one, then hubs and kids devoured the rest... Great for brunch or dinner!! Best biscuits... Great just great

These were delicious! I was on a cheese kick, so for dinner tonight I made these w/ the lighter baked mac & cheese for my hubby and I. The garlic parsley butter is a nice treat to the already delicious biscuit. Having easily devoured tons of the cheddar bay biscuits at Red Lobster, this is a fantastic and healthy substitute.

On a side note, the mac & cheese was creamy, decadent and hearty. We make so many recipes of yours in our house and they're all awesome!

These are delicious! I made them last week and am making them again tonight since my husband came home from work and saw some broccoli cheddar mini omelettes in the fridge, got really excited and yelled, "you made more cheddar bicuits!!!" I guess that was my cue :-)

These biscuits are amazing! My 23-year-old brother likes nothing, and has made cooking healthy for the family difficult. But he LOVED these biscuits, as did everyone else in the family, and I'm already planning to make them again tomorrow! Also, I LOVE the simplicity of this recipe. Took no time at all to make/clean up!

Tonight was my 1st time trying this recipe, and it was a huge success!!! I didnt think my 4 kids (all under 7 yrs old) would like them, boy was I wrong they were asking or 2nd and 3rd biscuits!!!Thank You for the recipes.

I finally got around to making these last weekend and again tonight...just amazing. They don't taste light in any way. You are incredible, Gina! (Oh, we don't have 50% reduced fat cheese here in my area, so I had to use 2% milk sharp cheddar.)

Just thought I'd pass this along . . . I've been making these biscuits substituting water for half the milk. (A Red Lobster employee told me that they use water for their biscuits). I have not made them with the heart smart bisquick - but using regular - and substituting water - made for lighter, "fluffier" cheddar biscuits!

All I can say is Make them. They are delicious. I wanted Papa Gino bread sticks today and thought I remembered saving this cheese biscuit recipe. Well, I finally got around to making it this month and as I type, I 'm eating them. so darn good. No need for papa gino bread sticks any more.

These are great! I make them at least twice a month, and my husband is always super excited to find them in the oven. He loves to take the leftover ones to work with his lunch, which saves me from the temptation of having a bunch in the fridge!

Made these tonight and I didn't love them as much as I thought I would. They looked beautiful, just like the photos, but tasted a bit mild. I used regular extra sharp cheddar as my light cheese got eaten by the kids (as usual), so I would have thought they would have had a little "bite" to them. Any suggestions? I'm worried the Heart Smart is too sweet rather than having that salty/baking powder taste. I shredded the cheese using the larger shredding holes, should I have gone smaller to distribute more?

I made these last night...so yummy!! I used fresh rosemary instead of parsley because that's what I had on hand. Had one for breakfast this morning with turkey bacon~my new favorite breakfast! Thanks for the recipe, Gina!

I want to take this to a friend's house for Christmas dinner. How do I reheat them? Oven temp? Covered in foil? Center of oven? How long? I'm a good cook but not a GREAT one so I want to make sure these are as tasty the next day as the day I prepare them. SO excited about making these!!!!

I apologize if this question has been asked and answered...Can I make the dough the night before, keep it refrigerated and then bake the next day?I'd like to make this Wednesday night and then bring them to my mom's on Thanksgiving and bake them there so they're fresh out of the oven.Thanks!

I made these to take to a Christmas party. Everyone gobbled them up and no one even knew they were WW friendly! I used my trusty cookie scoop to make them all the same size. They were so easy and fast to make I know they will be something I go to again and again. I've been enjoying all your soup recipes lately and these would go along perfectly with any of them.

I only have 1% milk so I'm going to use that and LIGHT butter instead of full fat butter...I put it in the recipe builder and it evened itself out to 3 points still!! Yay!!! Question...my sister-in-law made a similar recipe on New Year's Eve...she put a shake of Old Bay seasoning in it...they were perfect! Have you ever tried that? I might add a tad to this recipe!

I was looking for a low fat version of garlic bread and found these biscuits. Could I make them without the cheese and just make garlic biscuits (we're having it with your crockpot bolgnese sauce and I don't know how much a cheesy biscuit would work)? Would I need to adjust anything else?

Gina-I made these last week, my husband told me that they were WAY BETTER than the "cheddar bay" biscuits from Red Lobster (which he LOVES!!) And reheated the next day, omg they taste even better. However, I felt like the butter/parsley mix had way more parsley, to where I literally had to use my finger to spread it around the biscuit. Any other suggsetions?

I made these last night. I thought that they were pretty bland and would not put that much parsley w/the butter, next time. This morning since, I had left over pepper jack cheese I decided to make them w/the pepper jack cheese. OMG! I think I died and went to heaven. I only put half the amount of parsley that it called for w/the butter and no garlic in the butter. Only garlic in the batter. LOVED IT! Thanks for another awesome recipe!

Hello, I just found your site through Pinterest and I am so glad I have! I was wondering if you ever had any luck making these from scratch? I am trying really hard to keep our food costs down and use less processed foods. These look delicious and I would love to try them. Thank you so much for all the great recipes!

My first time making biscuits. They're really good, but I wish I skipped the step of lining the baking sheet.

I didn't have parchment paper, so I used foil because I read that it's a good replacement. The biscuits stuck to the foil. I had to scrape them off and it was a mess. I realized that I probably could have skipped the lining and used cooking spray, since I have a non-stick baking sheet.

Other than that, the biscuits turned out really good. My taste testing turned into a meal, and looking forward to the leftovers. And lesson learned: biscuits stick to foil, so next time I'll skip the lining.

I made these tonight with stuff I had on hand.... used 2 tsp dried parsley, regular bisquick, and I used almost a cup of parmesan cheese instead of cheddar. They turned out super yummy! Thank you so much for the recipe!

Ditto to anonymous on 10/15 - I would like to know how to make this without a mix. I can probably figure it out - some white whole wheat flour and some baking soda/salt/powder- but asking because I am here, and I am lazy :)

I just made these and they are so yummy & delicious....I used Smart Balance Buttery Spread Light with Flaxseed Oil & Kraft Fat Free Shredded Cheese & I used the minced garlic in the jar...I put the recipe & all the ingredients into Weight Watchers Recipe Builder online...it gives youWW 2 Points Plus per biscuit. I ate 2 of the biscuits with a salad that had fat free red wine vinegar and lemon & pepper...oh, it was so good!

I did an online search at my local Giant Eagle for the Cabot 50% reduced fat cheese but they only have the 75% light kind- I've noticed the 50% in a lot of recipes so I was hoping to stock up, does anyone know if the 75% would make that much of a difference in most dishes?

Oh I am so loving you for this recipe. I love the biscuits at red lobster, and could eat my weight in them. I only get them about twice a year when out of town. So now, I can make them at home, and not hate myself later.....

I am also loving you for this recipe! I've been wanting something bready but for the gluten, it has to really be worth it for me! I can't use GF Bisquick because it has soy, which I'm allergic to! So, when I saw the reviews for these, I thought I'd have to try it!. I am also lactose intolerant, so I used unsweetened almond milk and I can't believe it's not butter, since that's all I had. I also was out of parsley, so I used a pinch of rubbed sage! My calorie count was about 74 cals! They will be gone by the end of the day, I promise. Kids and hubby all love it! Thank you for making something worth risking gluten for, I think!

I made these again tonight. Last time my son thought the garlic was too strong so tonight I threw the garlic butter into the batter and then brushed a bit of plain butter on instead. He loved them. They were delicious. I adjusted for the bit of extra butter in my points but I could have cut it in half and used half with the garlic in and the other half outside.

Thank you so much for this recipe. I've made this 3 times already and it's always so satisfying. This version is much lighter than the Red Lobster ones and it doesn't skimp on taste and flavor. I don't have a family so I usually opt to half the ingredients and it makes about 6 biscuits. I also don't have the reduced fat version of the sharp cheddar but luckily the points worked out to be the same.

Thank you so much for your delicious recipes! I've cooked several of them over the last few months. Today I did a cooking marathon of your soups: chicken pot pie, crockpot turkey white bean pumpkin chili, stuffed pepper and turkey chili taco. Also made these biscuits. Your recipes combine good flavor, healthy ingredients and ease of preparation. As many other people have commented, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. Thank you!

I tried posting this earlier and I'm not sure if it worked so sorry if this is a double post. I couldn't find shredded Cabot cheese. I picked up a white block of Cabot cheese that says sharp light Vermont cheddar, calories 70 and fat 4.5g for a 1 ounce serving. Is is the correct item? I am counting points and want to make sure I am accurate. Thank you.

I love all your recipes! This website has been awesome for me and my husband! He is super picky but has like everyone of your recipe's I have made and it's healthy for him too! Thank you so much for contributing such a wonderful blog that has healthy, yet tasty recipes! You are great!